Muslim woman faces disrespect charge

NSW authorities have given the green light to prosecute a Muslim woman who refused to stand for a judge or remove her veil in court.

Sydney woman Moutia Elzahed reportedly refused to stand for District Court Judge Audrey Balla or remove her veil during a hearing in Sydney late last year.

In the Supreme Court her husband Hamdi Alqudsi was jailed last September for arranging seven men to travel to Syria to fight with terrorist groups.

Ms Elzahed was in Judge Balla's court trying to sue over alleged police violence during a 2014 raid on her family's Revesby house.

A statement from NSW Solicitor-General Michael Sexton's office on Thursday said Mr Sexton had decided against contempt of court proceedings against Ms Elzahed, but had authorised proceedings to start under the new disrespectful behaviour in court law.

The law came into effect in NSW last September and makes it an offence for someone to intentionally behave disrespectfully to a court or judge during a case.